Once I said to my mother: 'You would be happy if I just kept well-dressed and had good manners,' and she said:… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that. — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
Good manners come, as we say, from good breeding or rather are good breeding; and breeding is acquired by habitual action, in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them.” — Fanny Jackson Coppin Copy Share Image
Teaching creativity to your child isn't like teaching good manners. No one can paint a masterpiece by bowing to another person's precepts… — Gurney Williams Copy Share Image
When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
My family would soon tell me if I was getting above my station. I love what I do, I love my job,… — Kerry Ellis Copy Share Image
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handled with gloves. Now, human respect—you don't… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Think before you click. If people do not know you personally and if they cannot see you as you type, what you… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices. — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners. — Letitia Baldrige Copy Share Image
